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BIOGRAPHIES
Presenters
Christy Lopez
Visiting Professor and Co-Director
Georgetown University Law Center’s Innovative Policing Program Former Deputy Chief, Special Litigation, Civil Rights Division (USDOJ)
Christy Lopez is a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center, where she teaches courses on police reform and criminal justice. She also co- leads Georgetown’s Program on Innovative Policing, which recently launched the Police for Tomorrow Fellowship. From 2010-2017, Professor Lopez served as a Deputy Chief in the Special Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Lopez led the Section’s Police Practice Group, which conducted pattern-or-practice investigations of police departments and other law enforcement agencies. Professor Lopez’s police reform efforts involved many law enforcement agencies, including the Chicago Police Department, the New Orleans Police Department, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, the Newark (New Jersey) Police Department, and the Missoula, Montana police department, campus police, and prosecutor’s office. Professor Lopez received her J.D. from Yale Law School, her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Riverside, and is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. and California.
Deidre Houston Magee, Ph.D.
Academy Administrator
New Orleans Police Department
Dr. Magee serves as the NOPD’s first-ever civilian Academy Administrator, responsible for the overall quality of the training that NOPD recruits receive at the Academy, including managing lesson plans, curriculums, and student and instructor evaluations. Dr. Magee received both her Bachelor of Arts degree in public administration and her Master’s degree in Education from Loyola University in New Orleans. She went on to earn a doctoral degree in educational leadership from Colorado State University and a second Master’s degree in Christian formation and Soul Care from DenverSeminary.
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